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J. H. ROBERTS.

BULLETIN BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 28, 1922.

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JOSEPH I-I. ROBEBTEi, OF MANCHESTER, GGNNECTICUT.

BULLETIN 36.43.31).

' Application filed July 23,

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Josnrrr H. llonnnrs, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Manchester, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bulletin Boards, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a new and improved bulletin board especially adapted for use as a stock quotation board commonly used in stock brokers offices. As is well known these stock quota tion boards are used for posting the prices at which transactions in stock are made. Cards bearing letters and numerals are frequently used for placing the information on the bulletin board. As ordinarily used there is no means for holding these cards on the board against accidental displacement and it is one of the main objects of this invention to provide a bulletin board adapted for use with cards, and to provide means for automatically gripping these cards along one horizontal edge to thereby secure them in position on the board against accidental displacement.

In the drawing, Fig. 1 is a face View of a portion of a board constructed in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 a vertical sectional view thereof taken on the line 2-42 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 a detail face view ofa portion of the bulletin board with the card supporting rack removed;

Fig. 4: a detail horizontal sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1; and

Figs. 5 and 6 detail views of the cards used in displaying the stock quotations, or prices.

.Referring to the various parts by numerals, 1 designates a base board or backing adapted to be secured in a vertical position to a suitable support, said base board being formed with vertical grooves 2 in its face and separated a suitable distance apart to form vertically disposed price card receiving surfaces 3. Card receiving racks i are secured to the face of the board and are extended horizontally across the card receiving surfaces 37 These card racks are arranged suitable distances apart and are adapted to support the price cards. Each card rack is formed with an upwardly extending flange 5 through which passes suit 1922. seen no. 578,245.

able fastening screws 6 to secure the racks to the face of the board 1. These flanges are preferably formed with notches 7 at points where the flanges cross the grooves 2, for a purpose which will hereinafter appear. Each card rack is formed with an upper card supporting member 8 which is substantially horizontal, as shown clearly in Fig. 2, and is adapted to receive the lower edges of the price cards. Each card rack is also formed, below the card supporting surface 8, with a downwardly and inwardly inclined roller-supporting member 9. The inner edge of this member terminates a suitable distance from the face of the bulletin board in order to permit the edges of the earls to be passed upwardly beyond said member and in position to be engaged by the rollers 10 supported on said member. The card holding rollers 10 normally bear against the card "eceiving surfaces 3 of the board, the inclined surfaces 9 causing them to roll downwardly and inwardly into contact with the face of the board. The rollers are arranged end to end on the supporting members, one roller being provided for each of the said receiving surfaces 3 so that each roller constitutes an independent card holding means adapted to act only on the cards placed on the card receiving surface co-acting with said roller. The rollers preferably abut together end to end on each supporting member 9. and by that arrangement they are held properly placed for cooperation with their co-a'cting card holding surfaces. The ends of the rollers are preferably arranged in the middle of the grooves 52.

The card supports 8 and the adjacent roller supports 9 are preferably connected together by a face plate-11, so that the rollers are enclosed in a tube-like structure formed by the supports 8 and 9 and the face plate 11. As shown in the drawing the flange 5, the card support 8, the roller support 9 and the face plate 11 are all formed from a single piece of sheet metal bent to proper shape and adapted to be secured in place on the board by the fastenings 6.

The tube-like card racks and roller holders extend horizontally across the entire board, and a sufficient number are used to give the board the desired capacity. As shown in the drawing the upper card rack is used merely as a .roller holder and is designed to serve merely as a means for fraction indicating cards are usually placedin position over previously placed cards, as indicated in the drawing, and for that reason it is desirable that the entrances to the roller holders be sufliciently wide to receive two or more cards.

It. is manifest that with a bulletinboard, or stock quotation board, made in accordance with this invention, the price indicating cards may be very readily placed in position and that the rollersscrve as a gravity means for holding the cards in place against accidental displacement. It is also manifest that the rollers automatically move out of the Way of the cards as they are inserted in the roller holder and then automatically grasp the cards to hold them in place.

What I claim is 1. A bulletin board comprising a base board, a series of card racks extending across said board horizontally and spaced apart vertically, each card rack comprising an upper card supporting surface and a lower roller supporting surface inclined inwardly toward the base board and downwardly, the

inner edge of said roller support being spaced away from the face of the base board to receive price indicating cards, and a series of rollers arranged on said roller supports.

2. A bulletin board comprising a base board, a series of card supports extending across the board horizonally and adapted to support the bottom edges of price indicating cards, a series of roller supports parallel with the card supports, the inner edges of said roller supports being spaced away from the face of the board to receive the upper edges of the price indicating cards, and a series of rollers on said supports.

3. A bulletin board comprising a base board a series of card supports extending across the board horizontally and adapted to support the bottom edges of'cards, and a, series of gravity locking devices carried by the base board and adapted to engage the cards.

4:. A bulletin board comprising a base board, a series of card supports extending across the board horizontally and adapted to support the bottom edges of cards, and a series of gravity locking devices carriefd" by the base board and adapted to engage the upper edges of said cards.

5. A bulletin board comprising a base board, a series ofcard supports extending acrossthe board horizontally and adapted to support the bottom edges of cards, a series of roller supports parallel with the card supports, the inneredgesof said roller supports being spaced. away from the face of the board to receive the upper edges of the cards, and a series of short rollers ar: ranged on each of said roller: supportsand adapted to yieldingly engage the upper edges of the cards.

6. A bulletin board comprising a base board formed with a series of vertically extendlng grooves spaced suitable distances apart across the board to form oard receiveach of said roller supports, each of: said rollers forming an independent gravity lock for the cards on each card receiving surface. I I

7. A bulletin board-comprisinga base board; a series of card racks extending across said board horizontally and spaced apart vertically, each card rack being formedof' a single piece of sheet metalandcompri'sing an upper card supporting surface, a rollersupport inclining inwardly and downwardly toward the face of the base board, the inner edge of said roller support being? spaced away from the face of the base board, and a face plate connecting the card support and the roller support; and a series of rollers arranged on each of said" roller supports and enclosed within the'card rack. In testimony whereof I hereunto afiixmy signature.

. I JOSEPH ROBERTS; 

